All posts tagged Dan Ikenson

DAN IKENSON: If what is meant by manufacturing “revival” is a sector that once again supports nearly 20 million jobs, as it did at its peak in 1979, or accounts for 28% of the U.S. economy, as it did at its peak in 1953, the answer is, thankfully, an emphatic “no.” Read More »

Manufacturing is starting to make a comeback, driven largely by more competitive energy and labor costs, and companies’ desires to produce goods closer to home. Some argue manufacturing is poised for even bigger gains but there are plenty of skeptics. Read More »

What’s the biggest misconception people have about manufacturing in the U.S. today?

The myth of U.S. manufacturing decline is one of the grandest economic deceptions of the 21st century, concocted and perpetuated by champions of trade restrictions and industrial policy, and thrust upon a public by a media that peddles in nostalgia for “The Greatest Generation” and sentimentality for “when times were simpler.” Read More »